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Corinne Smith/Alaska BeaconLawmakers are calling for the Trump administration to waive the fee for teachers hired through the H-1B visa program, which allows employers to recruit highly-skilled workers from overseas. The federal government raised the fee from $5,000 to $100,000 for each new applicant to the H-1B visa program in September 2025. -
KUAC screenshot of TCC videoSharon Hildebrand, of Nulato, beat incumbent Brian Ridley, of Eagle, and Darrell Hildebrand, also of Nulato.
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A delegation of lawmakers made an impromptu visit to the school on Feb. 6, calling the conditions and deteriorating facilities "deplorable." -
Federal fisheries regulators said a cap would balance protections for Western Alaska salmon with the health of pollock fisheries. -
Lawmakers with the bipartisan majority caucus have expressed support for more funding for schools, but point to Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s history of vetoes as a major roadblock. -
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, who co-led the oversight hearing, said it helps both the U.S. government and Indigenous communities in Alaska and across the country. -
With the deadline for public comment approaching, hundreds of Alaskans are weighing in on a U.S. Department of Interior review of federal subsistence management. -
Subsistence communities in Western Alaska ask for strict limits on the Bering Sea trawl fishery. -
On Feb. 9, the Alaska Senate voted 19-0 to extend a state of disaster until early March, retroactively extending a disaster declaration that expired Feb. 6. -
Bethel Democratic Sen. Lyman Hoffman recently visited his hometown, where he says he plans to spend some quality time after doing what he can to help fund the state's ailing budget in his final legislative session. -
The council that manages Alaska’s federal fisheries may be just days away from a decision that could limit how much chum salmon the Bering Sea trawl fleet can scoop up as bycatch. -
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced the review in January, calling the business development program "the oldest DEI program in the federal government."
